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The Flash puts this show to shame

posted 6 years ago by Mister Babadook (2623)
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I mean on Flash you got a fun comic book atmosphere, crazy villains with super powers, wacky characters like the guy who could stretch, a much more likable group of heroes. On Arrow its just dull and bleak, the team is kinda lame, Felicity is fucking HORRIBLE she tries way too hard to be the funny lovable witty character, and the villains aside from Death Stroke have been lame as fuck.

Who was the villain of the week on Arrow this week? Oh yeah some regular dude with a gun, not some amazing skilled ninja fighter or someone with powers, no just a dude with a gun who got taken care of with ease by Black Canary 2.0.

Also every last fucking person on the show aside from Felicity is an expert martial artist, thats pretty much every villains super power is that they know martial arts.

All in all Flash is just a much funner show to watch, while Arrow is a dull show full of boring characters and even more boring villains.

[–] wilson24 (62) 6 years ago

Arrow has had three great villains. Deathstroke, Malcolm, and Prometheus. All three were terrific villains. Damien Darhk was also good, but hurt by a bad season overall. But he was still a good villain. He was crazier and more fun than the villains they had before him. Ras al Ghul is the only villain who was bad.

Not everyone likes over the top villains and supervillains. Not everyone prefers campy and fun. And Cisco is more annoying and grating than Felicity.

The Dark Knight is a dark, grounded, realistic superhero movie. Do you think that sucks? Because most people think it's the best superhero movie ever. I'll take The Dark Knight over Guardians of the Galaxy, which has a tree and a raccoon.

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 6 years ago

Without The Joker yeah it would suck, cause i didn't give a shit about anything in that movie except him. The Dark Knight is extremely overrated, take The Joker/Heath Ledger out of that movie and it would be awful. Logan is by far THE BEST comic book/superhero movie ever made and is a thousand times better than The Dark Knight.

I'm not saying i hate anything thats dark and grounded in realism, i LOVE The Punisher and can't wait for that show, its dark, realistic and bad ass, its just Arrow doesn't do it for me, the characters aren't interesting enough and Oliver is just a dull lead.

And Cisco is in no way more annoying than Felicity, i can at least chuckle at some of his lines, whenever i see Felicity i just want her to go away.

[–] Gastonian (946) 6 years ago

I've only seen the 1st two seasons of Arrow. I've watched every season of the Flash and would say the only great season was the 1st. It started going downhill in the second season and became utter garbage in season 3. So regardless of the styles of both shows, The Flash isn't really a good show anymore. But that's just my opinion. I still watch it, but out of obligation to my investment in it more than anything else. I can't remember the last episode I watched where I wasn't rolling my eyes at the constant melodramatic peptalks.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Neither Arrow nor Flash is, today, in any real sense good, but Flash is less bad than what Arrow has become. And, while we are all entitled to our taste, I vote that Cisco annoys me much more than Felicity does.

One advantage that Flash has over Arrow, in terms of holding my attention is Killer Frost and Gypsy, the latter of whom would never be with Cisco in the real world. My advice to the CW is to give these two ladies their own show as a bisexual superhero team.

EDIT: Flash also has a genuinely good actor in Tom Cavanaugh playing Dr. Wells. He has more takent than the entire Arrow cast combined.

[–] Xcalat3 (3701) 6 years ago

both shows are sucking at the moment but I'm really disappointed in how bad Flash is this season. as for Cisco vs Felicity its no contest as to who is more annoying (Felicity FTW!)

[–] jbird65 (36) 6 years ago

I've watched all of Arrow and the first season of Flash. I know it's a show about Superhero's and you expect a certain amount of tongue in cheek scenes, but I find Flash to be puerile and it got to the point were the second season was starting and I just couldn't think of a single reason to waste any more of my time on it.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Flash used to
top Arrow, but now it's like the two shows are having a contest which one of them can suck the most and insult the audience the most. Legends of Tomorrow is about twice as good as Flash and Arrow combined.